Ginger Y. Ke, Ph.D. Faculty of Business Administration Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John s, NL, Canada A1B 3X5 Phone: (709)864-3469 Email: gke@mun.ca AREAS OF INTERESTS Methodology, modeling, and applications in operations management and operational research; Supply chain management and coordination, logistics and transportation, inventory control, and production and service management; Decision making and game theory. EDUCATION Ph.D. M.A.Sc. B.Comm. B.Eng. Department of Management Sciences University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Dissertation: Coordinating the Optimal Discount Schedules of Supplier and Carrier (Supervisor: James H. Bookbinder) Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Thesis: Preference Elicitation in the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (Supervisors: Keith W. Hipel and Kevin W. Li) Business Administration Concentrations in Management Sciences and Finance Odette School of Business University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada Management Information System Department of Mathematics Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China RESEARCH & TEACHING GRANTS Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant ($120,000), Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Management, Coordination, and Optimization, 2015/2016-2019/2020; Patten Family Teaching Fellowship ($2,500), Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2017/2018; Dean s Research Award ($500), Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2016; Internal Conference Travel Grant ($2,500 each), Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2013/2014-2017/2018; Chun-Hui Plan ($1,000 each), Embassy of the People s Republic of China in Canada, 2014, 2016; Start-Up Grant ($30,000), Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2012/2013-2013/2014. 1
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Fraser Research Award, University of Waterloo, 2012; NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (CGS D), 2008/ 2009 through 2010/2011; University of Waterloo Presidents Graduate Scholarship, 2006/2007 through 2010/2011; Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2009; Faculty of Engineering Scholarship / University of Waterloo Scholarship, January 2009 to April 2009; University of Waterloo Graduate Entrance Scholarship, 2008; University of Waterloo Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women - Engineering, 2008; NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship - Masters (CGS M), 2007/ 2008; Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) 2006/2007; University of Windsor 2006 Board of Governors Medal and the Ben Matthews Prize due to my achievement of the highest standing among all students graduating from the Odette Business School; University of Windsor honour of Graduate Student with Great Distinction 2006; University of Windsor university-wide in-course scholarship, winter semester of 2005; Jinan University Excellent Graduate Honour upon graduation in 1997; Jinan University Excellent Student Scholarship for each semester from 1993 through 1997. ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE Sept 2017 - present Mar 2017 - present Jul 2012 - Aug 2017 May 2012 - Aug 2012 Jan 2008 - Jul 2012 Jan 2012 - Apr 2012 Associate Professor Faculty of Business Administration Memorial University of Newfoundland Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Management Sciences University of Waterloo Assistant Professor Faculty of Business Administration Memorial University of Newfoundland Lecturer Department of Management Sciences University of Waterloo Research & Teaching Assistant Department of Management Sciences University of Waterloo Lecturer School of Business & Economics 2
May 2011 - Aug 2011 Jan 2006 - Jul 2007 Jan 2003 - Dec 2005 Wilfrid Laurier University Lecturer Department of Management Sciences University of Waterloo Research & Teaching Assistant Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo Research & Teaching Assistant Odette School of Business University of Windsor NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE Jul 1997 - Nov 2002 IT Specialist & Computer Engineer Department of Information and Computer Agriculture Development Bank of China, Jiangxi Branch Nanchang, Jiangxi, China ADDITIONAL EDUCATION French Language Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society (MSOM) Transportation Science & Logistics Society (TSL) Group Decision & Negotiation Society (GDN) RESEARCH SUPERVISION Alejandra Ramirez, MSc, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Offshore logistics, Ongoing, Supervisor Huiwen Zhang, MASc, University of Waterloo, Bi-level optimization models for the transportation of hazardous materials, Ongoing, Co-Supervisor Yuchen Wang, PhD, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Transportation of hazardous materials, Ongoing, Supervisor Qingye Han, Visiting Graduate Student, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Applying PPP models to brownfield redevelopment projects, Ongoing, Co-Supervisor Arifusalam Shaikh, Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Uncertainties in the transportation of hazardous materials, Completed March 2017, Supervisor 3
Chidimma Okenna-Afamefuna, Research Assistant (MBA), Memorial University of Newfoundland, Transportation sustainability, Completed 2016 Winter, Supervisor Hongling Yang, Visiting Scholar, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Managing the transportation of hazardous materials, Completed February 2016, Supervisor Jiaolong Chen, MBA, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Global logistics: Opportunities and challenges facing small businesses, Completed 2015 Winter, Supervisor Kan Fang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Routing and scheduling of the transportation of hazardous materials, Completed March 2015, Co-Supervisor Ghazal Assadipour, PhD, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Analytical approaches to planning intermodal transportation systems for regular and hazmat freight, Completed October 2014, Co-Supervisor COURSES TAUGHT Memorial University of Newfoundland (2012-present) Decision Modeling (offered, designed teaching materials) Logistics Management (developed, offered) Supply Chain Management (developed, offered) Operations Management (MBA) (developed, offered) Research Project (MBA) (offered) Optimization (PhD) (developed, offered) Approaches to Management Research (PhD) (developed, offered) Wilfrid Laurier University (2012) Supply Chain Management (developed, offered) University of Waterloo (2011-2012) Production & Service Operations Management (developed, offered) ACADEMIC SERVICES Reviewer - Grant NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant (2017) Reviewer - Article/Manuscript Computers & Industrial Engineering (2017) Transportation Research Part E (2015-2017) INFOR (2013-2017) International Journal of Production Economics (2012, 2017) International Transactions in Operational Research (2016) Expert Systems With Applications (2016) Production and Operations Management (2015) International Journal of Production Research (2013-2015) 4
Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering (2014) Applied Mathematics and Computation (2013) Naval Research Logistics (2008) Reviewer - Conference Paper 6th International Conference on Transportation and Logistics (2016) CORS student paper competition (2014) Industrial and Systems Engineering Research conference (ISERC) (2014) 6th International Conference on Water Resource and Environment Research (ICWRER) edited Volume entitled Conflict Resolution in Water Resources and Environmental Management (2013) IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (2007, 2008) Conference Services Stream Organizer (Game Theoretical Application in Supply Chain and Logistics Management), the 18th International Conference on GDN (2018) Cluster Chair (Transportation and Logistics), 60th Annual CORS Conference (2018) Session Chair, INFORMS Annual Meeting (2016) Session Chair, 20th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) (2014) COMMITTEE SERVICES Promotion and Tenure Committee (2017/2018) Graduate Research Program Committee (2015/2016-2017/2018) Research Committee (2013/2014-2015/2016, 2017/2018) Search Committee for the Chair in Supply Chain Management (2014/2015-2017/2018) Accreditation Maintenance Steering Committee (2016/2017) Search Committee for the Associate Dean (Course Based Masters) (2016/2017) PhD Thesis Examination Committee for Hassan Sarhadi (2014/2015) Review Committee for the Dean of Faculty of Business Administration (2014/2015) Supervisory Committee for Ghazal Assadipour (2012/2013-2013/2014) Search Committee for International Business (2013/2014) Comprehensive Examination Committee for Ghazal Assadipour (2012/2013) Comprehensive Examination Committee for Hassan Sarhadi (2012/2013) CONTRIBUTIONS Manuscripts Published in Refereed Journals 1. Ke, G.Y. and J.H. Bookbinder (2018) Coordinating the discount policies for retailer, wholesaler, and less-than-truckload carrier under price-sensitive demand: A tri-level optimization approach. International Journal of Production Economics, 196, 82-100. 5
2. Zhao, J. and G.Y. Ke (2017) Incorporating inventory risks in location-routing models for explosive waste management, International Journal of Production Economics. 193, 123-136. 3. Fang, K., G.Y. Ke and M. Verma (2017) A routing and scheduling approach to rail transportation of hazardous materials with demand due dates, European Journal of Operational Research, 261, 154-168. 4. Assadipour, G., G.Y. Ke and M. Verma (2016) Managing an intermodal transportation network of hazardous materials via toll policies: A bi-level programming approach, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 47, 208-221. 5. Zhu,Y., K.W. Hipel, G.Y. Ke and Y. Chen (2015) Establishment and optimization of an evaluation index system for brownfield redevelopment projects: An empirical study, Environmental Modelling & Software, 74, 173-182. 6. Assadipour, G., G.Y. Ke and M. Verma (2015) Planning and managing rail-truck intermodal transportation for hazardous materials with capacity selection and congestion. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 76, 45-57. 7. Ke, G.Y., J.H. Bookbinder and D.M. Kilgour (2014) Coordination of transportation and quantity discount decisions, with coalition formation. International Journal of Production Research, 52(17), 5115-5130. 8. Assadipour, G., G.Y. Ke and M. Verma (2014) An analytical framework to the integrated maritime terminal scheduling problem with time windows. Expert Systems with Applications, 41(16), 7415-7424. 9. Ke. G.Y. and J.H. Bookbinder (2012) The optimal quantity discount that a supplier should offer. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 63(3), 354-367. 10. Ke, G.Y. and J.H. Bookbinder (2012) Discount pricing for a family of items: The suppliers optimal decisions. International Journal of Production Economics, 135(1), 255-264. 11. Ke, G.Y., B. Fu, M. De and K.W. Hipel (2012) A hierarchical multiple criteria model for eliciting relative preference in conflict situations. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, 21(1), 56-76. 12. Ke, G.Y., K.W. Li and K.W. Hipel (2012) An integrated multiple criteria preference ranking approach to the Canadian west coast port congestion conflict. Expert Systems with Applications, 39(10), 9181-9190. Manuscripts Submitted to Refereed Journals 1. Han, Q., Y. Zhu, G.Y. Ke and K.W. Hipel (January 2018) Ordinal classification of brownfield remediation projects in China for the allocation of government funding. Submitted to Landscape and Urban Planning. 2. Xu, P., H. Xu, and G.Y. Ke (November 2017) Integrating an option-oriented attitude analysis into investigating the degree of stabilities in conflict resolution. Submitted to Group Decision and Negotiation. Corresponding author. 6
Working Papers 1. Fang, K., G.Y. Ke and T. Cheng. Scheduling and routing for the railway transportation of hazardous materials with VaR and equity considerations. (Numerical experiment stage) 2. Ke, G.Y., A. Shaikh and Yuchen Wang. Managing rail-truck intermodal transportation for hazardous materials: A scenario-based optimization model. (Data collection stage) 3. Zhang, H., G.Y. Ke and J.H. Bookbinder. A bi-level optimization model for maintaining the risk equity in the transportation of hazardous materials. (Algorithm design stage) 4. Ke, G.Y. and Manish Verma. Mitigating the disruption risk in a rail-truck intermodal transportation system. (Model development stage) Refereed Conference Proceedings 1. Ke, G.Y. and J.H. Bookbinder (2017) Managing the discount decisions for buyer, supplier and carrier: A Game theoretic approach. In: M. Schoop, and D.M. Kilgour (eds) Proceedings of 2017 International Conference of Group Decision and Negotiation, Stuttgart, Germany, 3-8. 2. Han, Q., Y. Zhu and G.Y. Ke (2016) Analyzing the financing dilemma of brownfield remediation in China by using GMCR. In: Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Budapest, Hungary, 2431-2435. 3. Assadipour, G., G.Y. Ke and M. Verma (2015) Regulating intermodal transportation of hazardous materials. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers, Washington DC, United States. 4. Assadipour, G., M. Verma and G.Y. Ke (2014) A metaheuristic approach to the maritime terminal crane scheduling problem. In: Proceedings of IIE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, 1371-1380. 5. Wang, Z., K.W. Li and G.Y. Ke (2013) An additive consistency rectification approach to group decision making with intuitionistic preference relations. In: B. Martinovski, (ed) Proceedings of 2013 International Conference of Group Decision and Negotiation, Stockholm, Sweden, 462-467. 6. Ke, Y., K.W. Li and K.W. Hipel (2008) A comparison of two preference elicitation approaches in the graph model for conflict resolution. In: Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Singapore, 3268-3273. 7. Ke, Y., K.W. Li and K.W. Hipel (2008) A comparative study of two preference elicitation approaches for conflict resolution. In: Climaco J., G.E. Kersten and J.P. Costa (eds) Proceedings of 2008 International Conference of Group Decision and Negotiation, Coimbra, Portugal, 53-54. 8. Ke, Y., K.W. Li and K.W. Hipel (2007) The integration of a multiple criteria preference ranking approach for conflict resolution. In: Proceedings of 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Montreal, Canada, 1830-1835. [The paper was selected as a semi-finalist for the best student paper award.] 7
9. Ke, Y., K.W. Li and K.W. Hipel (2007) Canadian west coast port congestion problem: An integrated conflict analysis approach. In: Kersten, G.E., J. Rios and E. Chen (eds) Proceedings of 2007 International Conference of Group Decision and Negotiation, Mt. Tremblant, Canada, 118-120. Conference Presentations 1. Ke, G.Y. and A. Shaikh (October 2017) Managing rail-truck intermodal transportation for hazardous materials: A robust optimization model. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Huston, Texas. 2. Fang, K., T. Cheng and G.Y. Ke (October 2017) Conditional Value at Risk model for rail transportation of hazardous Material with demand due date. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Huston, Texas. 3. Ke, G.Y. and J.H. Bookbinder (July 2017) A tri-level programming approach for discount coordination under price-sensitive demand, 21st Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Quebec City, Quebec. 4. Zhao, J. and G.Y. Ke (November 2016) A location inventory routing optimization model for explosive waste management. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. 5. Ke, G.Y., K. Fang and M. Verma (June 2016) A heuristic for rail transportation of hazardous materials with due dates. INFORMS International Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii. 6. Fang, K., G.Y. Ke and M. Verma (April 2016) Managing rail transportation for hazardous materials with demand due dates. China National Conference of Scheduling and Combinational Optimization, Xi an, China. 7. Assadipour, G., G.Y. Ke and M. Verma (December 2015) An analytical approach to railtruck intermodal transportation of hazardous materials with capacity selection & terminal congestion. XIXth Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Calcutta, India. 8. Ke, G.Y., K. Fang and M. Verma (November 2015) Managing rail transportation for hazardous materials. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9. Ke, G.Y., K. Fang and M. Verma (July 2015) Routing and scheduling of rail transportation of hazardous materials. 27th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO), Glasgow, UK. 10. Ke, G.Y., G. Assadipour and M.Verma (November 2014) Regulating intermodal transportation of hazardous materials. INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. 11. Ke, G.Y., G. Assadipour and M.Verma (July 2014) Facility location and network design for intermodal transportation of hazardous materials. 20th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), Barcelona, Spain. 12. Verma, M., G. Assadipour and G.Y. Ke (June 2014) A metaheuristic approach to the maritime terminal crane scheduling problem. 2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Montreal, Quebec. 8
13. Assadipour, G., M. Verma and G.Y. Ke (May 2014) A container port scheduling model with limited machine availability. CORS Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario. 14. Assadipour, G., G.Y. Ke and M. Verma (May 2014) Routing and capacity planning with congestion effects for an intermodal network. CORS Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario. [The paper was selected as one of the five finalists for the Student Paper Competition.] 15. Assadipour, G., G.Y. Ke and M. Verma (May 2014) A bi-level model for the location and routing problem in an intermodal network of hazardous materials. CORS Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario. 16. Ke, G.Y. and J.H. Bookbinder (October 2013) Coordinating a supply chain via discounts, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 17. Assadipour, G., M. Verma and G.Y. Ke (October 2013) A multiporcessor container port scheduling model with time windows (MCPSTW). INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 18. Assadipour, G., M. Verma and G.Y. Ke (October 2013) Managing rail-truck intermodal transportation for hazardous materials with congestion considerations. Interactive presentation. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. [The poster was selected as the second place in the Interactive Prize Competition.] 19. Ke, G.Y. and J.H. Bookbinder (July 2013) Shall we dance? A game theoretic approach to coordinate the transportation and quantity discounts. 26th EURO-INFORMS Joint International Conference, Rome, Italy. 20. Ke, G.Y. and J.H. Bookbinder (November 2011) Coordinating the discount for purchase quantity and transportation in a three-party supply chain, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina. 21. Ke, G.Y., J.H. Bookbinder (November 2010) Vendor s discount pricing for product groups with price-sensitive demand, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas. 22. Ke, G.Y., J.H. Bookbinder (August 2010) Determining a supplier s discount schedule for a family of items, 16th International Symposium on Inventories, Budapest, Hungary. 23. Ke, G.Y., J.H. Bookbinder (June 2009) A supplier s optimal quantity-discount schedule, CORS/ INFORMS International Meeting, Toronto, Ontario. Selected Other Presentations 1. Keynote. Optimizing the rail transportation of hazardous materials with considerations of travel speed and demand due date. International Conference of Intelligent Decision Making and Risk Assessment, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. May 18, 2017. 2. Research presentation. Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Robustness v.s. Optimality. Engaging Ideas: Productivity, Subsea 7, St. John s, Canada. Feb. 27, 2017. 3. Guest lecture. The beauty of GMCR. Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi an, Shannxi, China. April 21, 2016. 9
4. Keynote. Supply chain and operations management v.s. Marine transportation services. 1st South China Transportation and Logistics Development Forum, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, April 28, 2015. 5. Guest lecture. Applying operational research in managing hazardous material transportation. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. April 18, 2014. 6. Research presentation. Shall we dance? Coordinating supply chain via discounts. Engaging Ideas: Transporting Research into Practice. Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John s, Canada. Feb. 13, 2014. 7. Research presentation. Are we there yet? An ADSS for hazmat transportation. Engaging Ideas: Transporting Research into Practice. Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John s, Canada. Feb. 13, 2014. 10